A thermally conducting piston can move freely in a thermally insulated cylindrical vessel, separating two compartments. Compartment contains of gas and compartment 2 contains of gas. When the piston attains its equilibrium position, the length of compartment becomes and that of compartment becomes (see figure). The molecular weight of nitrogen is and that of helium is . Then the ratio is
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